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It's been camp, camp, camp on my brain. And I have a few things to share with you about that. But, for today, I've got a print in our Esty shop that I did before the camp rush.

Esty Print

The Boyfriend and my anniversary is next month (we're celebrating 32 years) so marriage has been on my mind. I kept seeing "all you need is love" or "love is all you need" everywhere on Pinterest when I was doing a little research. Anyone who's been married any length of time (or even for shorter periods) knows it takes more than love. Sure it's the basis, but if it were all up to love we wouldn't have any broken relationships. Married or otherwise.

Etsy Shop

"Love is all you need" is such an over simplification. Love is the start and the driver but it better get some other passengers on board (forgiveness, patience, fidelity, kindness, etc.) if it wants the fuel to go anywhere for any length of time. Can you tell I have strong opinions about this? Do you?

Well I didn't want anyone in this house thinking that all they had to do was have a little love for a strong relationship so I put my thoughts to paper. And tried to make it handsome. You can find it here.

What are 3 qualities besides love that you think a relationship, any relationship, needs?

Hi friends! In case you didn't get the memo, we had our baby! Micah was born May 14, weighing in at 8 lbs 5 oz, 20 inches long. I'll spare you all the gory details, and just share some pictures!

We also closed on our house the week after Micah was born. YAY! and I have the best neighbors...my parents! My husband was brave enough to say yes and move next door to them. and by "next door" I mean "a quarter mile away". We live in the country, you know. If you follow me on Instagram then you've seen some pictures already.

We've been busy ripping off wallpaper, skim coating over wallpaper with drywall (this method is waaaay better than ripping it off), and un-packing (still), but whatever. You'll see more of this house later!

More about Me today. Just got back from YW's Camp and now I'm off on the 4th Year Adventure. Woo hoo! Except I'm really not the camper type. I know, go figure. How do I get these assignments?Anyway, one of my daughters is going this year so I'm all up for it.

And here's another Stylebook inspiration board to get me pumped up. Lime green is part of my Brand Palette for Shannon's Studio and a color I love. Lots of energizing green. Wish me luck on the river and in the caves!

FYI: This may be a little bit racy for some people...some may find it inappropriate. Either way, reader discretion advised.

My husband loves socks. I don't know why, but every time we are standing in line at TJ Maxx (or basically anywhere) he grabs a pair of (or several) socks. Then he looks at me all guilty-like and is says something like, "I need them!"

Like you need 100 pairs of socks.

But whatev. It's not like I need 100 pairs of shoes either...

Anyway. There is this song called "Business Time" by Flight of the Conchords. Totally hilarious, but not for the faint-hearted or those who cringe when couples kiss in public. You can listen to it below. Or if you're afraid, just skip to 2:29. Or just skip to the end of the blog post. That's where this whole last minute gift idea comes into play.

If you bypassed the song all-together all you need to know is that "business time" is code for what I will refer to as "sexy time", and that the lyrics say this:

"You know when I'm down to my socks it's time for business that's why they call it business socks."

Now. Hopefully none of you are throwing up right now. If you are, I'm totally sorry. For those of you who are laughing your head off like I did, guess what?

I made sock labels.

Click to download

All you do is buy a pair of (or several) socks, download/print these labels, and tape the label over the original sock label. Are you picking up what I'm putting down? Basically, it will look like this:

There are always activities in the church and we generally get information out with flyers. In the past few months we've had a couple of stake youth activities that we needed flyers for. (BTW - These were GREAT activities!) Usually we have youth do the flyers but with the timing we had I ended up doing them. We figured you might be able to use them in some way for your activities.

Soooooo.... you can download blank ones to use. If someone asks you to do a flyer you can just add your own wording to change it up. Wham. Bam. Done.

We have a new Ten Commandments Printable over at our﻿Etsy Shop.﻿ You might want to use it for a FHE discussion tomorrow or frame it for your home. Bookmark or Pin this for the Come Follow Me Lessons. September's topic: Commandments.